Chess
The Quiet Case for 9...a5: Memory, Judgment and a Mismatched Headline
An IM Norm at 11 Years 7 Months: The 2,465 Performance Rating Hides a Calendar Problem and a Burnout Ledger
Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: Daniel King's Update, Five Lines, and a Review With No Engine Number
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and Ten New Prep Maps
The Najdorf Repair Bill: 60 Minutes, Five Line Clusters, and What a Repertoire Update Actually Sells
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The Ledger Behind an IM Title, and the Seven Games Whose Moves Nobody Published
The Quiet Case for 9...a5: Memory, Judgment and a Mismatched HeadlineThe page opens and the headline says: “A farewell triumph — Capablanca wins...
ChessBase Magazine #225: Prague 2026's 27 Miniatures and Ten New Prep MapsI opened ChessBase Magazine #225 and the first thing I did was write down the...
An IM Norm at 11 Years 7 Months: The 2,465 Performance Rating Hides a Calendar Problem and a Burnout LedgerOctober 23, board one. The black pieces belong to a player aged 11 years, 7...
The Najdorf Repair Bill: 60 Minutes, Five Line Clusters, and What a Repertoire Update Actually SellsSixty minutes of runtime. Five line clusters. Eleven to twelve minutes each....
Eleven Years, Seven Months, Sixteen Days: The Ledger Behind an IM Title, and the Seven Games Whose Moves Nobody PublishedThe Vietnamese headline came first. Then the numbers arrived. An...
The Sixty-Minute Receipt on the Najdorf: A Review That Cannot Verify ItselfSixty. Five line clusters. One Black repertoire. I put the runtime on a...
FritzTrainer Review: A 60-Minute Najdorf Repertoire Update and the Expiry Date of PreparationOpen the move-40 notebook: the story starts where preparation ends. One video...
Sixty Minutes for the Najdorf: Daniel King's Update, Five Lines, and a Review With No Engine NumberThe clock in that Kolkata office ran eleven minutes fast. Nobody noticed but...
77 Teams, Five Continents, Zero PGNs: Opening the Ledger on the Prison Chess Championship77 teams, five continents, three sections — and zero PGNs. Between 13 and 23...
When the Headline Says Najdorf and the Content Speaks Elephant Gambit: Auditing a 60-Minute Chess CourseI have reviewed thousands of opening courses over three decades, but this tim...
77 Teams, Five Continents and One Empty Column: Auditing the Prisoners' Chess Championship LedgerOn 13 May 2026 the first round of the First Continental Chess Championships f...
A Najdorf Headline, an Elephant Inside: The 60-Minute Course Being Sold Like a Full RepertoireNovember 2026, Kolkata. The blitz arena at the first Tata Steel Chess India....